If you have not already started your Christmas decorations and shopping you might want to think about starting now! There are only a couple of weeks left and you’ll be left behind if you don’t get moving soon. Of course, you may be like my father who just writes everybody checks so he does his Christmas shopping the easy way.

Speaking of the easy way to shop, we did ours online right after Thanksgiving and had our presents directly shipped to the people who don’t live close to us. It saved time and the hassle and extra expense of shipping because we got some really good deals that included shipping this year. If you hurry, those deals are still out there. Another thing we did was attend a Christmas Open House hosted by one of our friends who sells Pampered Chef. We were able to purchase some great gifts and you can email our friend at mkh37206@gmail.com if you need some great cookware by Pampered Chef. Just a few hints of what you could do between now and Christmas if you need to get started buying presents.